Our thanks to William Trousdale, who permitted FIBIS to create this searchable database of the A-Z name index found in his book, The British in Afghanistan, vol I.
Below is a list of the most frequently used abbreviations and acronyms.
Surname
Briscoe
First Names
Henry Manley
Rank
Lieut
Regiment / Department
8th (The Kings) Regt
Medal Rolls / Victoria Cross
MR8 [2 refs]
Source abbrevs
HAAL79 / HAAL80 / HAAL81 / HAAL82
Original Text from book
Briscoe, Lieut. Henry Manley, 8th (The Kings) Regt., HAAL:79, HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82; B.S.C. (Probationer) 4th Regt. Bengal N.I., with 2nd Div. Southern Afghanistan Field Force, MR8 (2 refs., both rather confused) HAAL:80, HAAL:81, HAAL:82
Systematic Compilation of Officers, Other Ranks, Civil Officials, and Other Individuals Present in Afghanistan during The Second Afghan War. Annotated with references to military service, diaries, memoirs, biographies and photographs.
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